Garment holder or hanger



'J. H. SMITH. GARMENT HOLDER 0R HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I. I920.

Patented Oct. '18, 1921.

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to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification,

invention relates to improvements 1n garment holders or hangers, my ob ect being to pi ovide a simple and inexpensive device of this class adapted for general use, but especially applicable to steamships, Pullman cars and other similar vehicles or oonve ances. It may, however, be advantageous y employed in homes or hotels, or other pub he places, wherever it becomes necessary to hang garments, as hats, caps and coats. The more important feature of the device consists in the movable spring-held hat-holdingmember, which consists of a wire ring of suchQsize as to receive the crown of the hat, whether a ladys or entlemans hat. This hat-holding member 18 normally held by a torsional spring in the vertical position, but may be locked by means of a suitable hook or trigger in the horizontal position, as may be desired.

Generally speaking, the device consists of a plate upon which the hat-holding member is pivotally mounted and from the lower portion of which project hooks to accommodateicoats or other similar garments. The plate is adapted to be secured to a wall or partition and for this purpose is perforated to receive screws.

Having briefly outlined my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspectlye view of my arment holder or hanger, showing proved v the hatolding member locked in the hori-. zontal position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thefsamei'.

with a hat inplace, as indicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the device, show- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed November 1, 1920. Serial Ko.l420,863.

ing the same secured to a vertical wall or partition, the hat-holding element being in by dotted lines.

The same reference characters indicate meral 5 designate a plate provided with openings 6 adapted to receive screws or other suitable fastening devices for securing the dev1ce to a stationary vertical .support 7 (see Fig. 3). This plate, as shown in the drawing, 1s provided with two ears 8 which are formed integral with the of the plate and perforated to receive a hlnge pin, which is composed of portions of a relatlvely large wire ring or loop 9, which is adapted to receive the crown of a hat 10, the latterbeing shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. The ring or loop 9 is formed from an integral piece of wire,- the extremities of which are twisted together beyond the loop, as shown at 11, to form a relatively stiif shank, after-which the portions of the wire are bent outwardly from a positlon in front of the plate to form the hinge pin of the loop, these hinge pin parts passing through perforations in the ears 8, as heretofore explained. Beyond the hinge pin portion of one extremity of the wire, the latter is extended outwardly approximately at right angles to form a handle 12 which is employed in adjusting the loop according as it is desired that it shall occu y the vertical or horizontal position.

he hat-holding ring 9 is normally held in the vertical position by a torsional spring consisting of an integral spring wire, whose central portion 13 extends beyond the axis of the hinge, and is looped around the shank 11 of the hat-holding ring or loop 9, as shown at 1 1. The central portion 13 of this .wire merges into coils 15 by twisting the wire around the hinge pin parts of the ring 9, the extremities of the spring wire finally being carried downwardly where they engage the plate 5, as shown at 16. The twisting of the coils 15 is in such a direction as to normally maintain the ring 9 in the ,vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3. When itz'isdesired to move the ring to the horizontal position, this may be done through .the medium of the handle part 12 and ;'a gainst the tension of the spring. However,

thering is held in the horizontal position by means of a hook 17, which is pivo'tally connected, as shown at 18, where it is the vertical position, the hat being indicated the same parts in all the views. Let the nu formed into an eye which passes around a wire part 19 whose extremitles extend downwa dly from the horizontal part 19 and terminate in hooks20 adapted to hold coats or other articles. Furthermore, there are two other hooks 21 which form the depending extremities of a wire loop having a top horizontal part 22, the wire being bent at right angles to form two parts 23 which extend downwardly and are secured by means of tubular parts 24 of the plate 5, these tubular parts forming holders for the parts 23 of the-wire. Below the plate 5 the parts 23 and the depending parts of the wire 19 are twisted together, as shown at 25, whereby the part 19 and its hooksare held in position to constitute a part of the device. Below the twists 25 are located the hooks 21, which are suitably hooks 20.

When the device is secured to a part 7, as shown in Fig. 3, assuming that the crown of a hat is passed through the ring 9, the hat will be securely held in place, as indicated by dotted lines in this fi ure. It is preferred that the part 7 to whic the plate is attached should be offset somewhat from the wall part 26 above, in order to form a sort of recess or space above the part 7 and forward of the part 26 for the rim of the hat, without havmg a tendency to crush the latter. When the spaced from the companion ring 9 is in horizontal position, it is only necessary to drop the crown of the hat into the ring, in which event the hat is properly and securely held in place.

The part 22, as shown in the drawing, extends slightlfy above the upper end of the plate 5 and orms a stop to limit the movement of the rin 9 in response to the tension 'of its spring, w ereby the ring assumes approximately a vertical-position or lying in a plane parallel with the late 5. short piece of wire 4 is bent tlghtly around the shank 11 of the ring 9 close to the latter and between it and the twisted part of the shank, whereby the circuit or form of the ring 9 is maintalned.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a plate, a U-shaped frame secured to messes twoopposite sides of said plate, and having the open end thereof projecting below said plate, a air of cars projecting from said plate, one on each side thereof, a hat holding member hingedly connected to said ears, a spring coacting with said plate and hat holding member to bias said hat holding member to a position substantially parallel with said plate, meansfor actuating said hat holding member against the tension of said spring and means for locking said member in ad usted position against the tension of said spring. t

2. device of the class described comprising a plate, a U-shaped frame secured to two opposlte sides of said plate and having the open ends thereof extending below? said plate and bent into garment supportinl hooks, a pair of ears projecting from said plate one on each side thereof, a hat holding member hingedly connected to said ears, a spring co ing its open ends interconnected with the open ends of the first named U-sh'aped frame and each of said U-shaped members having the extremities of said open ends formed into garment supporting hooks, a pair of cars proecting' from said plate one on each side thereof, a hat holding member hingedly con-' nected to said ears,a spring coac'ting with said plate and hat holding member to bias said hat holding member to a position substantially parallel with said plate, means for actuating said hat holdingmember against the tension of said spring and means for looking said member in adjusted position against the tension of said sprin In testimon whereof faflix my si nature.

OSEPH HENRY S TH. 

